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[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 40 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Calling it a lump of fat is a bit like calling the Milky Way a very sparse field of hydrogen

[–] UraniumBlazer@lemm.ee 31 points 3 days ago (2 children)
[–] porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml 10 points 3 days ago

Right, but it doesn't capture the whole story, namely that it's arranged in a very particular way

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

It's accurate, but not precise.